· Nancy is a securities lawyer with over 20 years' experience providing securities and regulatory compliance legal advice to portfolio managers, investment fund managers, and dealers (including EMDs and CIRO dealers). Nancy was a nominee of Canadian Lawyer's Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Business Law in 2022, and is a member of the Ontario Securities Commission's Regulatory Advisory Committee.
· Nancy has extensive securities law in-house experience in the investment management industry, providing securities law and regulatory compliance advice to the advisory, distribution, and asset management sides of the business. Nancy led the legal department of Bank of Montreal's investment dealer and portfolio investment counsel businesses, and was a securities lawyer at Mackenzie Investments and Empire Life Investments, both Canadian mutual fund manufacturers.
· Nancy is currently a member of the Ontario Securities Commission's (OSC) Registrant Advisory Committee. Previously, Nancy was a member of the OSC's Securities Advisory Committee, where she provided securities law advice to the OSC on legislative and policy initiatives, and capital markets trends. Nancy also worked as legal counsel at the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO).
· Nancy is program faculty at the Osgoode Hall Law School Intensive Course in Canadian Securities Law and Practice, teaching about securities law and regulatory compliance
· Nancy was Adjunct Assistant Professor at Queen's University Law School, teaching securities law to 2nd and 3rd year law students.
Ontario, 2004
New York, Massachusetts, 2009
JD, Osgoode Hall Law School, 2003
BA in Political Science, York University, 2000